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Avon Boot Polish Tin Fingerplate A84Original, quality unused 1920's door fingerplate in tin, transfer printed in green and black on a yellow background detailing "Avon Brilliant Polish for Boots and Leggings". This near mint example has a good bright colour and four pin holes for mounting. Complete and in good order. 8" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £56.00

Art Nouveau Nickel Fingerplate, 2 available A6Original, quality nickel plated on copper heavy pressed fingerplate of hammered art nouveau design, circa 1880. Some wear to the plate and showing some copper. Complete and in good order. 15.25" x 3.75". Price is for each. Click on photo for a larger and other view.

Price: £60.00

Arts and Crafts Brass Fingerplate FP246Original, quality pressed brass fingerplate with a deep embossed Art and Crafts design, six screw holes for mounting and a Serpentine shape to one side. The reverse is impressed with the registration number for the year 1901. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order. 11.5" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £85.00

Embossed Brass Fingerplate FP245Original, quality late 19th century pressed and engraved brass fingerplate with floral embossed design all around with six screw holes for mounting. The reverse is impressed "D173½". Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order. 8.25" x 3".

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Price: £65.00

Embossed Brass Fingerplate FP243Original, quality late 19th century pressed brass door fingerplate with a very detailed embossed design of classical urns with mythical fish, griffons and acanthus leaves. This super example has six screw holes for mounting, has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and is complete and in good order. 11.5" x 3.25". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £115.00

Pierced Brass Fingerplate FP242Original, quality late 19th century cast brass door fingerplate with a pierced design of acanthus leaves and flowers with an open ropetwist border. This rectangular shaped fingerplate has rounded ends and a registration lozenge mark to the reverse for the year 1862. All has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and is complete and in good order. 11" x 3.25". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £85.00

Narrow Brass Fingerplate FP241Original, quality 1920's continental sheet brass door fingerplate with "Crown" pierced designs to each end and four screw holes for mounting. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order. 12" x 2 3/8". Another single matching but smaller fingerplate may well be available ref code: FP240. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Narrow Brass Fingerplate FP240Original, quality 1920's continental sheet brass door fingerplate with "Crown" pierced designs to each end and four screw holes for mounting. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order. 12" x 2". A run of matching but larger fingerplates may well be available ref code: FP241. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Narrow Brass Fingerplate FP239Original, quality 1920's continental sheet brass door fingerplate with pierced designs to each end and four screw holes for mounting. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order. 12" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Copper Art Nouveau Fingerplate, 10 available FP238Original, quality longer than standard circa 1900, copper door fingerplate with a serious Arts Nouveau embossed design in deep relief. This super example is rectangular shaped with serpentine ends and six screw holes for mounting. The have been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Minor dents around the screw holes otherwise complete and in good order. 13" x 3" x 0.25" front to back. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £135.00

Pressed Tin Fingerplate, 2 available FP237Original, quality 1920's pressed tin door fingerplate with an embossed Art Nouveau design of a sailing boat with a billowing sail. Some traces of the original "bronzed" finish, four screw holes for mounting and complete and in good order. 9.75" x 2 7/8". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £56.00

Original Finish Brass Fingerplate, 2 available FP234Original, quality well embossed brass fingerplate with six screw holes for mounting and a detailed picture of an urn with flowers and leaves bursting upwards and the registation number for the year 1912. All is in the original unpolished finish, has been washed and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 11" x 2.7/8". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £85.00

Pink Brass Fingerplate FP229Original, quality circa 1900, pink brass fingerplate with serpentine shaped ends and a cushioned centre. This example has six screw holes for mounting, has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and is complete and in good order. 12" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £38.00

Pair of Arts and Crafts Copper Fingerplates FP223Original, quality pair of, circa 1900 , copper fingerplates in a hammered finish and in the Arts and Crafts style with shaped ends and an embossed design to the centre. Each fingerplate has four screw holes for mounting and all has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Originally nickel plated and still showing some around the relief. Complete and in good order. 12" x 3". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £135.00

Brass Fingerplate, 5 matching available FP222Original, quality 1920's plain sheet brass fingerplate with a rolled over outer rim, solf corners and four screw holes for mounting. Originally nickel plated but now polished back to brass. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good order. 11.5" x 2.75". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Embossed Brass Fingerplates, 4 small available FP221Original, quality near unused 1920's very detailed embossed brass door fingerplates. This design has a lattice background within a border, with acanthus leaf forms top and bottom. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in superb condition. Small 8" x 3". Price is for each. Matching door handles may well be available reference code DH580. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £65.00

Bronzed Tin Fingerplate FP218Original, quality unused 1920's pressed tin fingerplate in the original 'bronzed' oxidised finish with a three recessed panel design. All is near mint condition, with four screw holes for mounting and finished with a coat of clear lacquer. Complete and in good order. 10.75" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £36.00

Pressed Brass Fingerplate FP215Original, quality near mint condition pressed brass fingerplate circa 1900, with superb detail in relief of a pair of mythical birds resembling 'Dodos' and vases of flowers, bowls of fruit and a bearded head to the centre. A most interesting fingerplate with six screw holes for mounting and polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good order. 9.75" x 3". Click on photo for larger and view.

Price: £115.00

Pair of Chromed and Pierced Fingerplates FP207Pair of original, quality, fretted chrome on brass heavy and decorative door fingerplates, circa 1900. These superb examples are rectangular with shaped ends and the pierced design has a vase form with flowers and vines. Each end has a solid circular section with a star motif which unscrews to reveal the pair of countersunk screw holes for mounting. All has been polished and complete and in good and working order. 11" x 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views.

Price: £300.00

Brass Door Fingerplate, 4 matching available FP203Original, quality 1920's, rectangular shaped, bow ended brass fingerplate with six screw holes for mounting and a pressed design of flowers and leaves with a decorative border. Polished and lacquered, alhough the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost, complete and in good order. 11" x 3". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Art Deco Chromed Fingerplate FP189Original, quality 1920's / 30's, larger than average, chrome on cast brass door fingerplate in a serious Art Deco style. This example has four countersunk screw holes for mounting, a few minor surface scratches and has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. A superb example, complete and in good order. 15" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £75.00

Pressed Brass Fingerplate FP186Original, quality, pressed brass door fingerplate in deep relief, circa 1880 / 1900, in a serious Art Nouveau style. This decorative example has four screw holes for mounting and all has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good order. 9.25" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Elsleys Brass Fingerplates, 11 available FP174Original, quality, late 19th century, engraved brass door fingerplates. Impressed "Elsley's" to the reverse for the manufacturer and embossed to the front with the registration number for the year 1888. These shaped fingerplates each have four screw holes for mounting and super engraved designs of acanthus leaves on a the central larger panel and short panels beneath and above. A truely serious Arts and Crafts design by this known maker and what a run! Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good order. 6 are marked "Elsley's" and with the registration number, but 7 are not. 10.75" x 3.25". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views.

Price: £68.00

Brass Fingerplate FP164Original, quality 1920's, brass door fingerplate, with a wide border of sunburst designs in relief. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good order. 11" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £45.00

Short Ribbed Brass Fingerplate FP152Original, quality 1920's, ribbed pressed brass door fingerplate of the short version, with four screw holes for mounting. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good order. 7.5" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other view.

Price: £23.00

Fretwork Brass Fingerplate FP83Original, quality, 1920's, open fretwork cast brass door fingerplate with a Gothic arch cut out design to the upper half and rectangular cut outs to the lower and small pin holes to each corner for mounting. This example may well have been the inner panel of something larger, but never the less, still ideal. Has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 7.5" x 3". Click on photo for larger and other views.